trader

[US]/'treɪdə/
[UK]/'tredɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.merchant, businessperson;a person who trades on their own account rather than on behalf of others, especially in securities trading.

Phrases & Collocations

stock trader

foreign exchange trader

foreign trader

securities trader

Example Sentences

a gold trader; a trader in bonds.

The old man was a trader in tea.

The trader was truthful and without deceit.

street traders hawking their wares

the council says it will prosecute traders who break the law.

they are itinerant traders out to make a fast buck.

traders were bulking up their flour with chalk.

a trader will want to capitalize repairs expenditure.

street traders were hawking costume jewellery.

traders were covering short positions.

traders in the street markets displayed their wares.

Drug traders may try to suborn departing persons.

The market traders cried out like barnyard cocks.

Many traders went under during the war.

nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits.

many petty traders barely eked out a living.

to blame the debacle on the antics of a rogue trader is not credible—it doesn't stack up.

The subpolice slapped the street trader and took off the pedlary and smallware.

She bargained with the trader till he sold her the fruit cheaply.

If the price efficiency underlying index after the listing of 50ETF isn’t improved, liquidity traders will sustain losses with information traders, speculator and arbitrager can’t profit.

Real-world Examples

Michelle Carob was an auto trader.

Source: NPR News August 2014 Compilation

Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, scholar, and former options trader.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

Ossana said the home's owner may have been a rich trader.

Source: VOA Special November 2018 Collection

I'm a petty Trader and my husband is a motorcycle rider.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

Attorney David Coombs says Manning was not a trader but a whistleblower.

Source: NPR News August 2013 Compilation

Sramek is a former trader with American financial services company Goldman Sachs.

Source: VOA Slow English - America

Day7 Another vogue trader has cost a bank billions.

Source: Daily English Listening Daily Dictation, this is Shane's most popular series (Coach Shane's class).

" Yes, your Majesty, " murmured the trembling traders.

Source: American Elementary School English 5

Makes me a better trader -- no fear.

Source: English little tyrant

So you have to make a decision whether you're a trader or an investor, he said.

Source: VOA Standard November 2013 Collection

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